Oil-stove burner



(No Model.)

L1B.GOASH. OIL STOVE BURNER.

Nb.591,247. Patented 0dtQ5,1897.

lINTTEn STATEs FFICE,

a a a PATENT OIL-STOVE BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,247, dated October5, 1897.

Application filed May 14,1897. Serial No. 686,487. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, LOUIS B. OoAsH, of Lawrence, in the county of Essexand State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oil-Stove Burners; and I do hereby declare the followingto be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such aswill enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make anduse the same.

This invention relates to oil-stove burners; and it consists,essentially, of a wick-ratchet cut away on one side to permit adjustmentof the wick independent of the said ratchet.

The invention further consists in the details of construction andarrangement of the several parts, which will be more fully hereinafterdescribed and claimed.

The object of the invention is to allow the free passage of the wickfrom the top to the bottom of the burner without moving the ratchet whenplacing the wick in position in said burner and permitting an adjustmentof the wick at any time should one side or the middle portion becomehigher or lower than the rest of the wick without interfering with theratchet or injuring the fiber of the Wick.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a burnerembodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line m0, Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the line y y, Fig. 1.

Referring to the-drawings, wherein similar numerals of reference areemployed tofindicate corresponding parts in the several views, thenumeral 1 designates a wick-tube which is of flattened elongated formand having strengthening corrugations 2 at various points to reinforceand stiffen the tube as an entirety against bending. In one side of thetube a chamber 3 is formed by striking out the material, and therein isrotatably mounted a shaft 4, having a turn-button or a head 5 on theouter end thereof. On the said shaft 4 and within the chamber 3wick-feeding ratchets Gare mounted and spaced apart at predetermineddistances. One side of each of the ratchets is cut away, as at 7, andwhen turned in vertical position aline with the one wall of thewick-tube and permit a wick 8 to freely pass through the tube.

In operation the shaft 4; is operated by the turn-button or head toarrange the cut-away portions of the ratchets 6 in alinement with theone wall of the wick-tube, as set forth, and the wick is then insertedand slipped through the tube and trained evenly with the upper edgethereof. The shaft 4 is then turned to bring the teeth of the ratchets 6in engagement with the wick .to feed the latter any distance above thewick-tube or to lower it, as may be desired. The same operation ensueswhen it is desired to adjust the wick should it become unevenlyextendedat any point above the wick-tube, and by this means a uniformconsumption of the wick is had, as well as a preservation thereof, forthe reason that in wick-tubes heretofore constructed any attempt toadjust a Wick would cause injury thereof by the ratehets or feed-wheels.Furthermore, in straightening wicks, cutting of the upper ends thereofhas been resorted to; but this operation does notstraighten the wick,and the irregularity in feed will still continue.

By the use of the construction heretofore set forth all thedisadvantages enumerated are overcome, and it is obviously apparent thatmany minor changes inthe details of construction and arrangement of theseveral parts might be made and substituted for those shown anddescribed without in the least departing from the nature or spirit ofthe invent-ion. j

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is-- 1. Awick feeding device consisting of ratchet-wheels cut away at one side toafford an unobstructed wick-passage in the burner, substantially as andfor the purposes specified.

2. In a wick-feeding device, consisting of a tube having a shaftextending therethrough with a series of ratchetwvheels thereon withcut-away portions to afford an unobstructed Wick-passage in the burner,substantially as and for the purposes specified.-

3. A wick-feeding device,'consisting ofa tube, a shaft mounted therein,and ratchet- In testimony whereof I have signed this Wheels on the saidshaft having cut-away poi specification in the presence of twosubscribtions adapted to aline with the adjacent wall ing Witnesses.

of the tube, said shaft and ratchet-Wheel be- LOUIS B. GOASH. ingsupported in a struck-out chamber formed Witnesses:

in one side of the tube, substantially as and JOHN P, KANE,

for the purposes specified. JAMES A. GAVIN.

